Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

श्रावणे मासि संप्राप्ते तस्मिन्कूपे विधानतः । यः स्नानं कुरुते देवि श्राद्धं तत्र विशेषतः

Transliteration

śrāvaṇe māsi saṃprāpte tasminkūpe vidhānataḥ | yaḥ snānaṃ kurute devi śrāddhaṃ tatra viśeṣataḥ

Translation

يا إلهة، إذا أقبل شهر «شرَافَنَة»، فمن اغتسل في ذلك البئر على وفق الشعيرة المقررة—وخاصةً من أقام هناك «شرادها»—نال ثوابًا دينيًا عظيمًا مميّزًا.

Word by Word

• श्रावणे: in Śrāvaṇa (month)
• श्रावणे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संप्राप्ते: when (it has) arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् (धातु) + सम् + प्र + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कूपे: in the well
• कूपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• विधानतः: according to prescription
• विधानतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतः (अव्यय; विधान + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (according to rule)

• यः: whoever (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कुरुते: does, performs
• कुरुते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय; विशेष + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (especially)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kūpa (as referenced)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stone-lined sacred well at Prabhāsa; during Śrāvaṇa, pilgrims descend steps to bathe, while a family performs śrāddha nearby with darbha, piṇḍa offerings, and tarpaṇa into water.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāvaṇa
• kūpa (sacred well)
• śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts done in a sanctified place and sacred time (Śrāvaṇa) become especially potent for dharma and ancestral uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred kūpa (well) within Prabhāsakṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) in the well according to rule, and particularly performing śrāddha there.